******
Jing Yu finishes washing up and returns to his room. Right after blow-drying his hair, the first thing he does is pick up his phone, clicking into 《Demon Lord》’s official forum to revisit the two towers from last night.
The tower with the earlier timestamp does not receive much development, but the latter tower actually received enough comments to get a sixth page!
The gamers all seem to be treating this tower as a discussion for the Preliminaries. The contents of their debates no longer consist solely of “Whether or not to Snatch the Dragon when matched with PG”. Even PG’s line-ups in the three matches today were brought up and rigorously analyzed.
2513L: Spirit Ward is definitely the black horse of this season! This is the first time I’ve ever seen a mid-laner use him in such a sickening play. Should I say, this can only be expected of PG’s Ye Zi?
2514L: The Brotha Upstairs. I’m afraid you forgot Frozen Heart.
2515L: There’s also Faar and Guren – With the Starter Pack demons, besides PG, who else would dare use them in a pro-match? I ask you, who dares?!
2516L: PG’s line-ups are way too ridiculous. The demons they use are all out of the ordinary. It’s as if they’ve got no demon that’s not in their cardpool.
2517L: @Upstairs. There should be some ba. I haven’t seen Camael leave PG’s ban list till now. Actually, I can’t imagine ONE using Camael to dogfight at all.
2518L: Hahaha! Camael’s ability settings are way too tough on ONE! Come to think of it, ONE actually managed to get Dark Cupid today! I think, rather than not snatching the dragon, not banning Dark Cupid should be LGT’s biggest mistake ba?
2519L: Upstairs think LGT slipped up by not planning to snatch the dragon? I disagree. They must have wanted to snatch, but they couldn’t do it.
2520L: Agreeing with upstairs. Don’t talk about snatching the dragon, LGT couldn’t even touch the dragon’s tail. Didn’t you see how devastated they were by PG? Flattened for the whole of 23 minutes. Tsk tsk. If it’s me and my friends, we might just do better than them!
2521L: Here it goes again. That kinda ‘I can, I do’ discussion. Can Upstairs please get things right? It’s not LGT who’s too weak, but PG who’s too strong, okay? Besides that, speaking of dragon snatching, I’ve got my piece to say too. I think the people upstairs should all stop fantasizing. Saying they don’t believe PG will go berserk if the dragon is snatched, encouraging teams facing PG to snatch the dragon… I’d just like to ask, what do y’all treat PG as? Is the dragon something you can easily snatch just because you want to?
2522L: Emmm…… DK if it’s because I’m on this tower. After seeing the three matches today, I can’t help but think the three teams PG fought with also climbed this tower, and then they wanted to see if snatching the dragon will really make PG go berserk, and so……
2523L: And so, PG didn’t even give them a chance to snatch it HAHAHA!
2524L: So, will PG really go ballistic if you snatch their dragon? First, you must be able to snatch the dragon
2525L: HAHAHA First, you must snatch the dragon! That’s exactly right! Here’s a will in blood begging someone to steal PG’s dragon!
2526L: Upstairs, you’re not alone. Here’s one more will!
2527L: +2
2528L: +3
……Just like that, a few dozen levels pass by.
2551L: In any case, the person who snatches PG’s dragon will be the hero of this League!
2552L: It’s OK to lose, but the dragon must be snatched!
Having read up to here, Jing Yu only wants to say – Excuse me, has the Demonic Dragon caused aggro to you guys……?
Speaking of which, have these folks really forgotten《Demon Lord》 is a tower-toppling game? One conquers the Dragon for the sake of toppling the towers. In other words, so long as they’re able to topple the tower, it’s a-OK not to snatch the dragon. Abandoning the tower for the sake of the dragon is simply putting the cart before the horse.
It’s okay to lose, but the dragon must be snatched? Shouldn’t it be “It’s okay not to snatch, but the match mustn’t be lost?”
He can only say: When it comes to forums, they’re just as the elders have said.
–Jing Yu thus concludes with this.
Jing Yu wakes up incredibly early the next day, worried that his teammates might have been like him, bored to the extent where they scrolled through the forum for a whole night, getting some dangerous notions which they shouldn’t be having.
Thankfully, everything is as per usual during breakfast.
Ye Hong casually recalls the match from yesterday as per usual: “I didn’t realize it’s so fun to disgust people with Spirit Ward. I want to use him today too!”
Luo Yiming also complains to everyone, as per usual: “I logged into my Weibo last night and checked! The buzz’s all about Frozen Heart and Spirit Ward. Fuck! Is my lifeline even still worthy? One doesn’t deserve a name till he uses an underwhelming demon? Would you dare believe I’ll use Chronos today?”
Han Leng swiftly gives him a round of applause. Then, as per usual, he says: “If you use Chronos, I will use Jinghua Shuiyue! Jinghua Shuiyue’s AD build is tricky to play too!”
Right. It’s all as per usual. Everything is as per……
En?
En?!
Jing Yu jerks his head up: “You guys – You’re serious about this?”
Ye Hong eyes him, surprised: “Of course we’re serious. Don’t you think I’m helluva smooth with Spirit Ward? Although my damage’s lacking, if we’re going by skills, I’m definitely the MVP!”
Luo Yiming also levels a grave look toward Jing Yu: “What right do you have to dictate you can use Frozen Heart, but I can’t use Chronos? Are you looking down on Chronos?”
Han Leng backs him up: “Chronos is my lifeline. He’s super strong, okay? Jinghua Shuiyue in her AD build is also super strong! If you don’t believe it, I’ll show it to you tomorrow!”
“DON’T!” Just thinking about it, Jing Yu can already make out the Coach’s thunderous expression surface wafted by dark, stormy clouds.
As expected, PG is still that same PG. His teammates are still that same bunch of teammates. Reliable? Definitely not. Troublemakers? It’s only natural.
He decides to put his hopes on the silent Qin Fei: “Fei Ge, please do something about them……”
Qin Fei was originally still sleepy. While he was dozing off on the couch, the moment he hears Jing Yu’s “Fei Ge”, he abruptly wakes up.
Exercising his alas, alert brain, he runs through the words that were spoken just now. Then, he lets out a light chuckle, turning his head to meet Jing Yu’s gaze: “You think this line-up’s impossible?”
Jing Yu lightly scrunches his brows. Thinking Qin Fei might be asking this because he too intends to mess around, he hastily explains, trying his hand at strangling the notion while it’s still in the cradle:
“Spirit Ward is a CC-class demon without many attacks. With him as our mid-laner, our side won’t have any AP, enabling the enemy to all use their defence equipment. This will cause our attack ability to fall as a whole, making us unsuitable for team battles. As for Chronos, I’ve never once seen Yiming use him before. Moreover, this marksman’s HP is far too low, totally insufficient for him to let loose. As for the support using AD build, let’s not even talk about it. Are we looking down on the opponents or are we looking down on our family’s marksman?”
Qin Fei seriously listens to him. After waiting a while to make sure Jing Yu is done with his points, he casts a sideward glance at the three awestruck, but completely lost guys:
“You hear that? Jing Yu says no. Do you need me to repeat the reasons?”
Luo Yiming: “……I’m good.”
Han Leng: “……Go back to sleep ba, Sir.”
Ye Hong: “Heheh.”
Qin Fei: “Ye Zi, the heck are you ‘heh’ing for? What’re you getting at?”
Ye Hong rolls his eyes in his face: “A certain someone knows it best deep inside.”
Qin Fei: “Heheh.”
Jing Yu cocks his head blankly: “?”
Despite that, in the first match of the day, Ye Hong still ends up locking Spirit Ward.
The reason is very simple – His Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and Scarlet Fury were banned once again!
This time, however, not only is he not remotely angry, he is even quite excited: “Aren’t they just forcing me to use Spirit Ward? I didn’t expect the enemy to have this kind of hobby – Will we get to experience their love for bondage play?”
Jing Yu doesn’t want to experience it in the slightest: “Dark Cupid got snatched. Yiming, go for Centaur. Han Ge, Merman.”
Han Leng: “Can I……”
Jing Yu: “You can’t.”
Han Leng: “I still haven’t……”
Jing Yu: “Save it. You’re not allowed to use AD build.”
Han Leng: Sobs. Goldfish seems angry. When Goldfish gets angry, his tone can rival Fei Ge’s!
At last, both parties’ finalized line-ups are:
PG: Lilith, Spirit Ward, Centaur, Frozen Heart, Merman
Te.3: Death God, Peacock Plume, Dark Cupid, Burial Sword, Mad Bones
Candy: 【We can see that Te.3’s support has chosen Mad Bones. This is a solo-laner demon which can both attack and defend. He’s a frequent pick for teams. That’s especially the case when it comes to the auxiliary edition of Mad Bones. He can totally be considered T1 amongst all support demons.】
T1 also means First Tier. In any case, it just means Mad Bone is an excellent auxiliary.
Candy has just finished sharing on Te.3’s Mad Bones when Halfling whips two light sticks out of nowhere: 【Goldfish, gogogo! Frozen Heart, gogogo!】
Candy: ???
Barrage: 【???】
Candy:【Were you hacked?】
Halfling puts down his light sticks, letting out a laugh:【Haha, truth be told, after commentating on PG’s matches the other day, I got curious about PG’s jungler and visited his Weibo. In the end, I got sucked into his videos and couldn’t pry my eyes away. By the time I realized it, I’m already a complete and utter fan. Goldfish’s Frozen Heart is Undefeatable!】
Candy is caught between tears and laughter: 【Alright, Goldfish’s Frozen Heart is indeed incredible……】
【More than incredible! I dare say, his skills don’t lose out to any of the other junglers in the Top 8. In fact, he might even be stronger than them!】Halfling’s tone is wholly sure of it. 【We’ve only seen his Frozen Heart at the moment, but this might not be his only hand. I believe he can equally 6 with his other jungler demons too!】
【Yeah……】Candy stops talking. That’s because other than this, she doesn’t know what else to say.
While she’s rendered speechless, the barrage, in contrast, explodes with comments.
【HAHAHAHAHA! The commentator suddenly turned into a Goldfish advocate!】
【The fanboy’s commentating, boasting Goldfish on live!】
【Shocking news! Live commentator became a Goldfish advocate overnight. Is this moral bankruptcy, or is this the depravity of human nature……】
Jing Yu is totally left in the dark about his new fanboy. His head is fully occupied with the opponents’ line-up right now: “The bottom-laners will be tough to gank this time, but the mid-laners all the more so. As for the solo-laner……”
Qin Fei: “There is no problem.”
Jing Yu: “……En.”
Ye Hong: “I also have no problem. Truly. So what if Spirit Ward’s AD isn’t high? Isn’t there still the tower defence?”
Jing Yu gives a tight smile: “You say it so reasonably, I’ve got no way to disagree.”
Ye Hong: “AmIright, amIright~?”
Qin Fei can’t help but snicker.
Upon hearing that sound, Jing Yu’s face turns red but he quickly settles down: “Well then. I’ll leave the mid-laner and solo-laner to themselves in the first half. I’ll first gank the bottom-laners and help the marksman to pick up pace.”
Ye Hong: “OK~”
Luo Yiming: “C’mon then, Goldfish! Just for this match, I’ll permit you to press my lifeline on the ground and show him up!”
Jing Yu flashes a cheeky smile: “Even if you don’t say it, I already intend to do just that.”
Shortly after the words have fallen, the interface changes and the battle begins. Both sides’ demons shoot towards their own individual jungles.
Nobody’s aware that at this moment of time, simultaneously in different places, seated before different screens, there are a gaggle of different people anxiously watching the livestream. Deep in their hearts, they ask the same question – Will anyone snatch the dragon today?! Can it be done?!
******
Jing Yu finishes washing up and returns to his room. Right after blow-drying his hair, the first thing he does is pick up his phone, clicking into 《Demon Lord》’s official forum to revisit the two towers from last night.
The tower with the earlier timestamp does not receive much development, but the latter tower actually received enough comments to get a sixth page!
The gamers all seem to be treating this tower as a discussion for the Preliminaries. The contents of their debates no longer consist solely of “Whether or not to Snatch the Dragon when matched with PG”. Even PG’s line-ups in the three matches today were brought up and rigorously analyzed.
2513L: Spirit Ward is definitely the black horse of this season! This is the first time I’ve ever seen a mid-laner use him in such a sickening play. Should I say, this can only be expected of PG’s Ye Zi?
2514L: The Brotha Upstairs. I’m afraid you forgot Frozen Heart.
2515L: There’s also Faar and Guren – With the Starter Pack demons, besides PG, who else would dare use them in a pro-match? I ask you, who dares?!
2516L: PG’s line-ups are way too ridiculous. The demons they use are all out of the ordinary. It’s as if they’ve got no demon that’s not in their cardpool.
2517L: @Upstairs. There should be some ba. I haven’t seen Camael leave PG’s ban list till now. Actually, I can’t imagine ONE using Camael to dogfight at all.
2518L: Hahaha! Camael’s ability settings are way too tough on ONE! Come to think of it, ONE actually managed to get Dark Cupid today! I think, rather than not snatching the dragon, not banning Dark Cupid should be LGT’s biggest mistake ba?
2519L: Upstairs think LGT slipped up by not planning to snatch the dragon? I disagree. They must have wanted to snatch, but they couldn’t do it.
2520L: Agreeing with upstairs. Don’t talk about snatching the dragon, LGT couldn’t even touch the dragon’s tail. Didn’t you see how devastated they were by PG? Flattened for the whole of 23 minutes. Tsk tsk. If it’s me and my friends, we might just do better than them!
2521L: Here it goes again. That kinda ‘I can, I do’ discussion. Can Upstairs please get things right? It’s not LGT who’s too weak, but PG who’s too strong, okay? Besides that, speaking of dragon snatching, I’ve got my piece to say too. I think the people upstairs should all stop fantasizing. Saying they don’t believe PG will go berserk if the dragon is snatched, encouraging teams facing PG to snatch the dragon… I’d just like to ask, what do y’all treat PG as? Is the dragon something you can easily snatch just because you want to?
2522L: Emmm…… DK if it’s because I’m on this tower. After seeing the three matches today, I can’t help but think the three teams PG fought with also climbed this tower, and then they wanted to see if snatching the dragon will really make PG go berserk, and so……
2523L: And so, PG didn’t even give them a chance to snatch it HAHAHA!
2524L: So, will PG really go ballistic if you snatch their dragon? First, you must be able to snatch the dragon
2525L: HAHAHA First, you must snatch the dragon! That’s exactly right! Here’s a will in blood begging someone to steal PG’s dragon!
2526L: Upstairs, you’re not alone. Here’s one more will!
2527L: +2
2528L: +3
……Just like that, a few dozen levels pass by.
2551L: In any case, the person who snatches PG’s dragon will be the hero of this League!
2552L: It’s OK to lose, but the dragon must be snatched!
Having read up to here, Jing Yu only wants to say – Excuse me, has the Demonic Dragon caused aggro to you guys……?
Speaking of which, have these folks really forgotten《Demon Lord》 is a tower-toppling game? One conquers the Dragon for the sake of toppling the towers. In other words, so long as they’re able to topple the tower, it’s a-OK not to snatch the dragon. Abandoning the tower for the sake of the dragon is simply putting the cart before the horse.
It’s okay to lose, but the dragon must be snatched? Shouldn’t it be “It’s okay not to snatch, but the match mustn’t be lost?”
He can only say: When it comes to forums, they’re just as the elders have said.
–Jing Yu thus concludes with this.
Jing Yu wakes up incredibly early the next day, worried that his teammates might have been like him, bored to the extent where they scrolled through the forum for a whole night, getting some dangerous notions which they shouldn’t be having.
Thankfully, everything is as per usual during breakfast.
Ye Hong casually recalls the match from yesterday as per usual: “I didn’t realize it’s so fun to disgust people with Spirit Ward. I want to use him today too!”
Luo Yiming also complains to everyone, as per usual: “I logged into my Weibo last night and checked! The buzz’s all about Frozen Heart and Spirit Ward. Fuck! Is my lifeline even still worthy? One doesn’t deserve a name till he uses an underwhelming demon? Would you dare believe I’ll use Chronos today?”
Han Leng swiftly gives him a round of applause. Then, as per usual, he says: “If you use Chronos, I will use Jinghua Shuiyue! Jinghua Shuiyue’s AD build is tricky to play too!”
Right. It’s all as per usual. Everything is as per……
En?
En?!
Jing Yu jerks his head up: “You guys – You’re serious about this?”
Ye Hong eyes him, surprised: “Of course we’re serious. Don’t you think I’m helluva smooth with Spirit Ward? Although my damage’s lacking, if we’re going by skills, I’m definitely the MVP!”
Luo Yiming also levels a grave look toward Jing Yu: “What right do you have to dictate you can use Frozen Heart, but I can’t use Chronos? Are you looking down on Chronos?”
Han Leng backs him up: “Chronos is my lifeline. He’s super strong, okay? Jinghua Shuiyue in her AD build is also super strong! If you don’t believe it, I’ll show it to you tomorrow!”
“DON’T!” Just thinking about it, Jing Yu can already make out the Coach’s thunderous expression surface wafted by dark, stormy clouds.
As expected, PG is still that same PG. His teammates are still that same bunch of teammates. Reliable? Definitely not. Troublemakers? It’s only natural.
He decides to put his hopes on the silent Qin Fei: “Fei Ge, please do something about them……”
Qin Fei was originally still sleepy. While he was dozing off on the couch, the moment he hears Jing Yu’s “Fei Ge”, he abruptly wakes up.
Exercising his alas, alert brain, he runs through the words that were spoken just now. Then, he lets out a light chuckle, turning his head to meet Jing Yu’s gaze: “You think this line-up’s impossible?”
Jing Yu lightly scrunches his brows. Thinking Qin Fei might be asking this because he too intends to mess around, he hastily explains, trying his hand at strangling the notion while it’s still in the cradle:
“Spirit Ward is a CC-class demon without many attacks. With him as our mid-laner, our side won’t have any AP, enabling the enemy to all use their defence equipment. This will cause our attack ability to fall as a whole, making us unsuitable for team battles. As for Chronos, I’ve never once seen Yiming use him before. Moreover, this marksman’s HP is far too low, totally insufficient for him to let loose. As for the support using AD build, let’s not even talk about it. Are we looking down on the opponents or are we looking down on our family’s marksman?”
Qin Fei seriously listens to him. After waiting a while to make sure Jing Yu is done with his points, he casts a sideward glance at the three awestruck, but completely lost guys:
“You hear that? Jing Yu says no. Do you need me to repeat the reasons?”
Luo Yiming: “……I’m good.”
Han Leng: “……Go back to sleep ba, Sir.”
Ye Hong: “Heheh.”
Qin Fei: “Ye Zi, the heck are you ‘heh’ing for? What’re you getting at?”
Ye Hong rolls his eyes in his face: “A certain someone knows it best deep inside.”
Qin Fei: “Heheh.”
Jing Yu cocks his head blankly: “?”
Despite that, in the first match of the day, Ye Hong still ends up locking Spirit Ward.
The reason is very simple – His Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and Scarlet Fury were banned once again!
This time, however, not only is he not remotely angry, he is even quite excited: “Aren’t they just forcing me to use Spirit Ward? I didn’t expect the enemy to have this kind of hobby – Will we get to experience their love for bondage play?”
Jing Yu doesn’t want to experience it in the slightest: “Dark Cupid got snatched. Yiming, go for Centaur. Han Ge, Merman.”
Han Leng: “Can I……”
Jing Yu: “You can’t.”
Han Leng: “I still haven’t……”
Jing Yu: “Save it. You’re not allowed to use AD build.”
Han Leng: Sobs. Goldfish seems angry. When Goldfish gets angry, his tone can rival Fei Ge’s!
At last, both parties’ finalized line-ups are:
PG: Lilith, Spirit Ward, Centaur, Frozen Heart, Merman
Te.3: Death God, Peacock Plume, Dark Cupid, Burial Sword, Mad Bones
Candy: 【We can see that Te.3’s support has chosen Mad Bones. This is a solo-laner demon which can both attack and defend. He’s a frequent pick for teams. That’s especially the case when it comes to the auxiliary edition of Mad Bones. He can totally be considered T1 amongst all support demons.】
T1 also means First Tier. In any case, it just means Mad Bone is an excellent auxiliary.
Candy has just finished sharing on Te.3’s Mad Bones when Halfling whips two light sticks out of nowhere: 【Goldfish, gogogo! Frozen Heart, gogogo!】
Candy: ???
Barrage: 【???】
Candy:【Were you hacked?】
Halfling puts down his light sticks, letting out a laugh:【Haha, truth be told, after commentating on PG’s matches the other day, I got curious about PG’s jungler and visited his Weibo. In the end, I got sucked into his videos and couldn’t pry my eyes away. By the time I realized it, I’m already a complete and utter fan. Goldfish’s Frozen Heart is Undefeatable!】
Candy is caught between tears and laughter: 【Alright, Goldfish’s Frozen Heart is indeed incredible……】
【More than incredible! I dare say, his skills don’t lose out to any of the other junglers in the Top 8. In fact, he might even be stronger than them!】Halfling’s tone is wholly sure of it. 【We’ve only seen his Frozen Heart at the moment, but this might not be his only hand. I believe he can equally 6 with his other jungler demons too!】
【Yeah……】Candy stops talking. That’s because other than this, she doesn’t know what else to say.
While she’s rendered speechless, the barrage, in contrast, explodes with comments.
【HAHAHAHAHA! The commentator suddenly turned into a Goldfish advocate!】
【The fanboy’s commentating, boasting Goldfish on live!】
【Shocking news! Live commentator became a Goldfish advocate overnight. Is this moral bankruptcy, or is this the depravity of human nature……】
Jing Yu is totally left in the dark about his new fanboy. His head is fully occupied with the opponents’ line-up right now: “The bottom-laners will be tough to gank this time, but the mid-laners all the more so. As for the solo-laner……”
Qin Fei: “There is no problem.”
Jing Yu: “……En.”
Ye Hong: “I also have no problem. Truly. So what if Spirit Ward’s AD isn’t high? Isn’t there still the tower defence?”
Jing Yu gives a tight smile: “You say it so reasonably, I’ve got no way to disagree.”
Ye Hong: “AmIright, amIright~?”
Qin Fei can’t help but snicker.
Upon hearing that sound, Jing Yu’s face turns red but he quickly settles down: “Well then. I’ll leave the mid-laner and solo-laner to themselves in the first half. I’ll first gank the bottom-laners and help the marksman to pick up pace.”
Ye Hong: “OK~”
Luo Yiming: “C’mon then, Goldfish! Just for this match, I’ll permit you to press my lifeline on the ground and show him up!”
Jing Yu flashes a cheeky smile: “Even if you don’t say it, I already intend to do just that.”
Shortly after the words have fallen, the interface changes and the battle begins. Both sides’ demons shoot towards their own individual jungles.
Nobody’s aware that at this moment of time, simultaneously in different places, seated before different screens, there are a gaggle of different people anxiously watching the livestream. Deep in their hearts, they ask the same question – Will anyone snatch the dragon today?! Can it be done?!
